Today’s edition of Squirrel News covers historical Danish seaweed housing, the appointment of six women to the Vatican council and modern Nigerian architecture produced in traditional ways.
Henning Johansen, a native islander, authorized public observation of the installation of eelgrass roofs. The 35 to 40-ton structures are capable of lasting for hundreds of years.
Modern Nigerian architecture meets traditional building methods
Artist and architect, Demas Nwoko combines traditional Igbo designs and his own creations for his masterpieces which include the Dominican University in Ibadan.
Sale of junk food to children banned in Oaxaca, Mexico
As part of the ban, the sale, distribution and advertisement of junk food to minors has been prohibited in Oaxaca in effort to fight childhood obesity, a serious issue in Mexico. (Video 2:15 minutes)
Through a combination of tougher sentences and stronger intelligence operations, Rhino poaching has seen a 63% decrease in Namibia. The nation is home to a third of the world’s remaining black rhinos.
A better grasp of the human sperm tail is essential in identifying unhealthy sperm and increasing fertility in the future given half of infertility is caused by male factors.
With heavy emigration and desertification increasing in northeast Senegal, the remaining inhabitants in Sinthiou Diam Dior, mostly women, have found new means of farming to revive their villages.
Source: Al Jazeera
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